Pueblo Leaders on Saving the Greater Chaco Landscape

Podcast: Save the Greater Chaco Landscape
On today’s podcast we are hugely honored to have three special guests who spoke with Jessica [Yaquinto] about the Greater Chaco Landscape during their advocacy trip to Washington D.C. The first segment features All Pueblo Council of Governors (APCG) Chairman Edward Paul Torres and former Governor of the Pueblo of Tesuque and co-chair of the APCG’s Natural Resources Committee, Mark Mitchell. In the second segment we have Keegan King, an advocate for the Greater Chaco Landscape from the Pueblo of Acoma. They speak about what Chaco means to them as individuals and to their Pueblos, how they would like to see the area managed, their local and national advocacy efforts, collaborating with the Navajo Nation on these efforts, and appropriate behavior at places like Chaco Canyon. Finally, we talk about what they would like to see in tribal consultation in general and specifically how you can support their efforts to protect the Greater Chaco Landscape. http://bit.ly/2OqmKLA — Heritage Voices

Vandalism Rises at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Nicole Croft, executive director of local non-profit Grand Staircase Escalante Partners, echoes Hoyt’s sentiments. Earlier this year, one of her colleagues hiked into an idyllic canyon called Harris Wash, where she followed a set of ATV tracks for miles through the sandy creek bed. (Vehicles are not allowed past the trailhead.) Immediately following the downsizing, she said she received dozens of reports of vandalism and damage from sections of the monument cut out in the executive order. More disconcertingly, she said she received reports from areas still well within it. “It’s as if certain members of the public are perceiving this as a major demotion of these lands.” http://bit.ly/2OutMiE — Outside

An Anti-Public Lands Agenda?
Among other goals, the 15-page document calls on federal lawmakers to amend the Antiquities Act of 1906 and exempt Utah from future national monument designations. It also calls on the executive branch to diminish the size of some national monuments—a wish that was fulfilled when the Trump administration drastically reduced the size of Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in December of 2017. http://bit.ly/2OxQdmT — Pacific Standard

Monument Defense News
Last week, Utah sought to legally intervene in support of President Donald Trump’s efforts to shrink two national monuments in the state. In two motions filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, lawyers for the state said they support the president’s decision to reduce Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. The original boundaries, they say, affect state interests, such as by devaluing nearby state lands and limiting Utah’s income from drilling on public lands. http://bit.ly/2OtRETq — High Country News

Commentary: Interview with Jason Nez
I think what we’re lacking in a lot of our parks and forests is a Native voice. For so long, our ancestral lands that are now parks, that are now forests, they’ve been managed without the most important voice: people. There’s a story here, you can see it, you can talk to it. We’re all tied to this landscape and we have a story to tell. When we destroy landscapes, we destroy resources, we destroy people. http://bit.ly/2Or2Xfb — Grand Canyon Trust

Building a Toolkit for the Heart-Centered Archaeologist
The concept of an ‘Archaeology of Heart’ originates in feminist and indigenous models of research and well-being that invite us to know and apply our full emotional, social, intuitive, and spiritual selves, as well as our best intellectual and rational selves, in our research, training, and outreach. While novel to archaeology, this emergent approach draws on the growing literatures of heart-centered practice in the humanities, caring professions, indigenous ontologies, and feminist scholarship. Heart-centered archaeologies provide new spaces for thinking through an integrated, responsible, and grounded archaeology, where we: (1) show care for the living and the dead; (2) recognize we are all emotional and social as well as intellectual beings; (3) act upon our needs for responsible relationships with each other, with a range of communities, and with archaeological records, and; (4) emphasize rigor not only in research and presentation, but in all our relational practices. A heart-centered approach to archaeological practice has the power to transform and add multi-dimensional value to how we conduct our professional practices as archaeologists both within and well beyond the discipline. In this online seminar, we build a toolkit for the heart-centered archaeologist. http://bit.ly/2Ovg7rx — Society for American Archaeology

Fellowship Opportunity: Agnese N. Haury Graduate Fellowship in Archaeological Dendrochronology
The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona seeks a motivated Ph.D. candidate interested in using dendrochronological samples from archaeological or historical contexts to address important questions concerning archaeological dendrochronology and past human/environment interaction. Geographic area open. The fellow will receive multi-year funding with a stipend of at least 20,000 USD/year, health insurance, and full tuition waiver. The successful candidate will be expected to develop additional funding sources for his or her specific project.  Candidates must apply to, and be accepted into, the School of Anthropology and will work towards a Ph.D. in Anthropology. As part of the application package, applicants must include a statement describing their interests in archaeological dendrochronology and, if appropriate, a discussion of a possible project to be conducted during their term as the Agnese N. Haury Fellow.  For additional information, contact Ronald H. Towner, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Dendrochronology and Anthropology, Agnese and Emil Haury Endowed Chair in Archaeological Dendrochronology, Laboratory of Tree-ring Research and School of Anthropology, The University of Arizona, BBTRB 1215 E Lowell, Tucson, AZ 85721. (520) 621-6465. rht@email.arizona.edu.

Benefit for Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project
2018 Annual Flute Player Tour, a benefit for the Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project: October 21, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Wells Petroglyph Preserve. Catered gourmet lunch by Red Mesa Cuisine paired with Gruet wine, live flute music by Patrick Mirabal from Taos Pueblo, and a special petroglyph tour of 25 flute player petroglyphs, high above the Rio Grande and autumn cottonwoods. Silent auction of fine art items. $185.00 per person, limited to 25 attendees. https://squareup.com/store/mesaprietapetroglyphs/item/flute-player-tour-ticket-october

Tour Opportunity: Celebrate the Mimbres Valley
Join the Grant County Archaeology Society and the Imogen F. Wilson Education Foundation (501c3) volunteers for a celebration of the archaeology and history of the Mimbres Valley from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20. http://bit.ly/2OqRyfj — Deming Headlight

Lecture Opportunity, Santa Fe NM
Southwest Seminars Presents Dr. James Snead, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, California State University-Northridge; Former Fellow, American Museum of Natural History and School for Advanced Research (SAR), and Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University; Author, Ancestral Landscapes of the Pueblo World; Ruins and Rivals: The Making of Southwest Archaeology, who will give a lecture Archaeology of Western Water Wars on October 22 at 6pm at Hotel Santa Fe as part of the annual Mother Earth Father Sky Lecture Series held to honor The New Mexico Environmental Law Center. Admission is by subscription or $15 at the door. No reservations are necessary. Refreshments are served. Seating is limited. Contact Connie Eichstaedt: tel 505 466-2775; email: southwest seminar@aol.com; website: southwest seminars.org

Lecture Opportunity, Ohio Wesleyan University
At 6:00 p.m. on October 26, archaeologist William Lipe, Ph.D.,will  present Rock Art, Cliff Dwellings, and the Battle Over Bears Ears. Lipe has conducted research in the Bears Ears area for more than 50 years. He will show examples of its rock art and architectural treasures and discuss its scholarly and public importance, including what is needed to protect it. His 90-minute presentation will be held in Benes Room B of Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. https://www.owu.edu/calendars/details/lecture-william-lipe/2018-10-26/

Publication Announcement: Chacoan Archaeology at the 21^st Century
Archaeology Southwest Magazine Vol. 32, Nos. 3 & 4, edited by Jeffery J. Clark and Barbara J. Mills. https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/product/asw32-3/

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